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Microsoft Du Jour - Talks, Upgrades, Salaries
Jeff writes: "CNN is reporting 'In a dramatic move, the new judge in the Microsoft case Friday ordered the government and the software maker into five weeks of intensive settlement talks, until Nov. 2.'" Other MS submissions coming in today: USAToday discovers the new upgrade scheme, designed to milk every last cent out of those who've locked themselves into Windows; tech-report.com goes a bit more in depth on the same subject; ZDNet hoists the black flag; MS discusses its plans to control how you compute (by the way, the license agreement for Windows Media Player now allows Microsoft to disable any software on your computer - you do read those license agreements, don't you?); Gates got $666,000 last year but won't have to apply for welfare just yet.
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The Editor of the Beast
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes
why 666k? shouldn't 640k be enough for anybody?
I lost my concept of community when my community lost all concept of me.
And wasn't opening the "real" Pandora's box a bad idea? It appears that Microsoft was accidentally more truthful than they intended.
How to solve most of our problems: 1.Lots of nuclear plants. 2.Cure aging.
Where do you want to go today?
Better make up your mind quick, your license expires in 10 days.
Hammer of Truth